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GEORGE H. BANCRFT, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Letters Patent No.64,399, dated fay 7, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN AWNINGS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONGERN:

Beit known that LGEORGE H. BANCROFT, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented new andimproved mechanism to he applied to Awnings; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thesame,reference being had to the accompanying drawing7 and te the lettersof reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in fixing a ratchet-Wheel to each end of theroller around which an awning is rolled; in using detente to prevent theratchets from recoiling, as usual, the said detents being provided withlifting cords for clearing them from the ratehets. Instead of using n.cord aixed to the loose end of the awning, to prevent its splitting atthe seams and ravelling, I employ a met-allie rod, round which the endof the awning is bound. I also make use of" metallic hooks for securingthe'vawningto the cross-1ail otn the awning-posts, attaching them eitherto the metallic rod or to the awning. 0n reference to the accompanyingdrawing, forming a part of' this specification- Figure is a. plan View.

Figure 2 is a side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a front elevation.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A is an awning ofthe usual pattern, winding round the roller B (shown iniig. I, the roof` of the ledge being partly broken) under the yledge G.A ratchet-wheel, D, is iixed nt each end of the roller outside of thebrackets of the ledge. a a are detente, their ends taking into the teethof the ratchcbwheels to prevent ihein from recoiling; they vibrate onpins or studs fixed to the brackets. I1 b are lifting cords, one endbeing attached to the dctents. The cords pass through rings or staplesin the front of' the house, above the ledge, and extend down to aconvenient point for reaching from the sidewalk. When the detcnts are tobe cleared fromv the ratchets it is silhply necessary to pull down onthe cords, and they rise clear of the teeth of the ratchet, and are keptfree by placing the rings c e" on the ends of the corde over the knobs0l d. To prevent the loose end of the awning from ravelling, theseamsfrom opening, and also to provide a strong base on which to fastenthe ropes which attach the awning to the eross-bar of the awning-posts,a cord is sewed on the end, or insome cases the end of the awning iswrapped around it. This cord or filler does not answer the end for whichit is intended. It has not sulhcient rigidity to resist the pressure ofthe ropes that connect the awning with the cross-bar of theawning-posts, and the edge of an awning in a. short time becomes wavedand its surface corrugated. To obvizlte these objections, I employ ametallic rod, e, which is fixed to the end of the awning in n convenientmanner. Being oi' metal and rigid, the strain of the tie-ropes comesevenly on the awning, and not in lines, as is the case of the cord. Ialso use metallic hooks ff, Sac., in place of tie-ropes, as ai'ordinggreater facilities for handling an awning and increasing its durability.The metal of the cross-bar rots the material of iie-ropes in 1. shorttime. "When an awning is to be 1olled in the detcnts must be firstlifted. It is then loosened by rotating the roller B in a contrarydirection by the lever g.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Thc ratcl1et-whcel D, detentsa a', cords b metallic rod e, and themetallic hooksffj", etc., when i billed and arranged substantially asand for the purpose herein specified and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses. GEORGE ll". BANCROFI',

Witnesses:

W. W. Donennnrr, Fniixcrs D. PAsToRiUs.

